[Demand Overview (Total Across the 10 Power Companies)] Total demand in February was up 3.9% on last year to 72.3 billion kWh across
the 10 companies.

Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand Commercial and lighting demand both posted increases of 4.9% and 4.8% respectively,
due to increased demand for heating caused by lower temperatures in January
and February.

Bulletin of Total Demand across the 10 Companies
(Unit: Million kWh, %)

This
month

Results for past 3 months

(February)

January

December

October

Volume

Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand

Lighting

24,921

29,813

21,584

21,457

Power

30,796

30,432

28,792

28,125

Lighting and Power Total

55,717

60,245

50,376

49,582

Extra High Voltage Demand

16,611

17,279

17,728

17,676

Total of Electricity Sales

72,328

77,524

68,104

67,258

(Large industry)

(20,405)

(20,873)

(21,574)

(21,574)

Change
on
last
year

Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand

Lighting

104.8

108.6

99.6

110.2

Power

103.5

103.6

102.9

102.9

Lighting and Power Total

104.1

106.0

101.5

105.9

Extra High Voltage Demand

103.4

105.2

104.0

103.2

Total of Electricity Sales

103.9

105.8

102.1

105.2

(Large industry)

(103.2)

(105.2)

(104.0)

(103.1)

Note:
1. Parentheses indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
2. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due
to rounding.

(Reference) Large Industrial DemandLarge
industrial user demand in January was up for the eighth consecutive month,
increasing by 3.2%.

Theincrease resulted from firm performance in all sectors except the textile
and ceramics sectors. Performance in the chemicals and steel sectors wasparticularly
good.

(Reference)10 Company's Total Demand of Large Industry Customers by Sector (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)

This month@(February)

Past three months

Power Volume

Change on last year

January

December

November

Textiles

253

92.8

95.5

92.5

91.8

Paper & Pulp

758

104.7

105.1

103.7

102.6

Chemicals

1,959

109.2

110.3

107.3

104.2

Ceramics

883

99.1

100.2

100.6

104.1

Steel

2,750

107.1

108.5

108.8

107.9

Non-ferrous

1,056

101.6

104.0

103.5

103.9

Machinery

5,317

102.2

106.5

105.2

103.5

(Reference)
Increase in Demand from Large Industry across the 10 Companies
(Unit: %)

Month

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

FY1993

0.5

-0.1

0.2

-3.3

-3.3

-3.3

-3.5

-2.4

-2.6

-2.3

-1.9

-2.3

FY1994

-2.0

-1.1

0.7

5.8

7.7

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.9

4.3

6.0

5.9

FY1995

5.1

4.2

0.7

-1.0

1.6

-2.1

-0.3

-0.9

0.5

1.6

3.6

-1.1

FY1996

0.1

1.7

2.0

3.8

-0.3

2.4

3.1

3.4

2.5

4.3

-0.3

3.1

FY1997

3.9

5.1

4.4

3.5

3.5

4.7

2.4

0.7

0.1

-0.0

-1.7

-3.0

FY1998

-1.9

-3.2

-3.6

-4.1

-4.2

-3.1

-2.9

-4.5

-3.9

-5.3

-2.8

-2.1

FY1999

-3.8

-3.6

-0.6

-1.5

2.6

2.8

1.0

3.3

3.6

2.6

6.4

4.9

FY2000

3.5

4.7

4.2

5.2

5.0

1.5

2.6

2.8

2.6

3.8

-1.7

-0.3

FY2001

-0.4

-1.0

-2.3

-1.2

-4.5

-6.0

-4.7

-5.5

-6.0

-6.3

-5.2

-4.9

FY2002

-1.8

-0.4

-1.4

0.4

2.2

2.9

2.4

3.1

4.0

5.2

3.2

Demand for February 2003 (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)

(10 companies in the past 3 months)

Hokkaido

Tohoku

Tokyo

Chubu

Hokuriku

Kansai

Chugoku

Shikoku

Kyushu

9 companies

Okinawa

10 companies

December

November

October

Results
(A)

Lighting

1,039

2,120

8,571

3,175

655

4,260

1,683

851

2,368

24,722

199

24,921

29,813

21,584

21,457

Power

1,354

3,008

10,043

4,826

1,032

4,610

1,910

991

2,770

30,544

252

30,796

30,432

28,792

28,125

(Commercial Power)

626

1,255

5,182

1,648

343

2,187

822

404

1,319

13,786

147

13,933

13,538

12,824

12,275

(Small industry)

332

987

2,706

1,713

343

1,556

607

309

943

9,496

50

9,546

9,435

8,775

8,707

Lighting and Power Total

2,393

5,128

18,614

8,001

1,687

8,870

3,593

1,842

5,138

55,266

451

55,717

60,245

50,376

49,582

Extra High Voltage Demand

296

1,356

5,877

2,659

475

3,059

1,281

359

1,238

16,600

11

16,611

17,279

17,728

17,676

Total of Electricity Sales

2,689

6,484

24,491

10,660

2,162

11,929

4,874

2,201

6,376

71,866

462

72,328

77,524

68,104

67,258

(Large industry)

422

1,887

6,616

3,744

747

3,272

1,600

537

1,519

20,344

61

20,405

20,873

21,574

21,574

Change on
Previous year
(A)/(B)

Lighting

96.0

103.9

105.6

104.4

106.2

105.2

103.9

107.1

107.4

104.9

96.7

104.8

108.6

99.6

110.2

Power

104.2

103.6

103.7

103.0

102.4

103.3

102.7

102.2

105.1

103.5

100.1

103.5

103.6

102.9

102.9

(Commercial Power)

103.3

104.7

105.5

104.6

102.8

103.9

105.1

103.2

107.4

105.0

99.2

104.9

103.6

104.8

103.0

(Small industry)

99.2

102.4

101.7

102.7

102.7

103.9

102.2

102.3

104.7

102.6

100.6

102.6

103.6

101.4

103.0

Lighting and Power Total

100.5

103.8

104.6

103.5

103.8

104.2

103.3

104.4

106.2

104.1

98.6

104.1

106.0

101.5

105.9

Extra High Voltage Demand

107.1

106.4

102.7

101.7

104.6

101.6

109.9

105.1

102.5

103.3

109.6

103.4

105.2

104.0

103.2

Total of Electricity Sales

101.2

104.3

104.1

103.1

104.0

103.5

104.9

104.5

105.5

103.9

98.8

103.9

105.8

102.1

105.2

(Large industry)

105.9

105.7

103.3

102.3

103.0

100.4

107.9

104.3

101.9

103.2

104.4

103.2

105.2

104.0

103.1

Last year's
results
(B)

Lighting

1,082

2,041

8,115

3,042

617

4,051

1,620

795

2,204

23,568

206

23,774

27,455

21,664

19,477

Power

1,300

2,902

9,687

4,685

1,008

4,462

1,860

969

2,635

29,507

252

29,759

29,366

27,989

27,342

(Commercial Power)

606

1,198

4,912

1,576

334

2,104

781

391

1,228

13,132

148

13,280

13,062

12,236

11,923

(Small industry)

334

964

2,661

1,667

334

1,497

594

302

900

9,254

50

9,304

9,111

8,651

8,451

Lighting and Power Total

2,382

4,943

17,802

7,727

1,625

8,513

3,480

1,764

4,839

53,075

458

53,533

56,821

49,653

46,819

Extra High Voltage Demand

276

1,275

5,720

2,613

454

3,009

1,165

341

1,207

16,062

10

16,072

16,428

17,041

17,129

Total of Electricity Sales

2,658

6,218

23,522

10,340

2,079

11,522

4,645

2,105

6,046

69,137

468

69,605

73,249

66,694

63,948

(Large industry)

398

1,785

6,403

3,659

725

3,259

1,483

515

1,490

19,716

58

19,774

19,838

20,751

20,917

Note:
1. As this is a bulletin, some figures are estimates.
2. Parentheses indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
3. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due
to rounding.